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NAME

       ives - Independent Viewing and Editing System

SYNOPSIS

       ives [-d xdisplay]

DESCRIPTION

       This  manual  page  describes the ives program, the multi-window viewer
       and editor for X Window.  ives can view and edit files in ASCII and HEX
       formats, and show images written in GIF, JPEG, PNG, PCX, BMP, XBM, XPM,
       TIFF, TGA and PhotoCD formats.  ives was designed to use with  xnc  but
       also  can  be  used  separately  with  simple iedit and iview interface
       programs.

       Currently ives does not support hotkeys redefinitions, so  here  it  is
       keys description.

       Editor keys:

       F2     Save file.

       F3 or Ctrl-C
              Copy selected area of text to cut buffer.

       F4 or Ctrl-V
              Paste text from cut buffer to current line.

       F5 or Ctrl-X
              Cut selected text to cut buffer.

       F6     Switch between ives windows.

       F7     Find string in text.

       F8     Go to line number.

       F10 or Esc
              Exit from editor.

       Ctrl-B Find bracket pair.

       Ctrl-L Find next entrance. Use after <Find>.

       Ctrl-Y Delete current line.

       Shift+Arrows
              Select/deselect text area.

       Ctrl+[+.
              Emacs tags find.

       Ctrl+[+/
              Emacs tag file path definition.  Viewer keys:

       F2     Save file, when in HEX mode.

       F3     Switch between ASCII/HEX modes.

       F6     Switch between ives viewer windows.

       F7 or /
              Find string in file.

       F10 or Esc
              Exit from viewer.

OPTIONS

       -d xdisplay
              Connect to X Server xdisplay.

FILES

       The   ives  program  requires  configuration  file  in  your  HOME/.xnc
       directory. Edit HOME/.xnc/ives.ini to adjust settings or  run  xncsetup
       for it.

SEE ALSO

       xnc, xncsetup, iview, iedit

BUGS

       There  may  be  bugs  in  the ives, but that´s not very likely.  But if
       you´ll find the bug then  please,  send  complete  description  to  the
       author.

AUTHOR

       Leonid Khramov (leo@xnc.dubna.su), Russia St.Petersburg 2002